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Philipp Kleffel
Born	9 December 1887 Birkenfelde, German Empire
Died	10 October 1964(1964-10-10) (aged 76) Coburg, West Germany
Allegiance	German Empire  Weimar Republic  Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Army
Years of service	1905–45
Rank	General der Kavallerie
Commands	1. Infanterie-Division L. Armeekorps XVI. Armeekorps XXX. Armeekorps 25. Armee
Battles / wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Philipp Kleffel (9 December 1887 – 10 October 1964) was a German general during World War II who commanded several corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

For 10 days, Kleffel served as the last commander of the short-lived 25th Army in the Netherlands, until it was converted on 7 April 1945 to the Netherlands High Command (Oberbefehlshaber Niederlande), under Generaloberst Johannes Blaskowitz. Kleffell was part of the general staff when Blaskowitz surrendered OB Niederlande to I Canadian Corps' Lieutenant-General Charles Foulkes at Wageningen on 6 May 1945, effectively ending the war in the Netherlands.

Awards and decorations

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 February 1942 as Generalleutnant and commander of 1. Infanterie-Division

References

Citations

1. Axis history
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 209.

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) . Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.

• Biography

• 1887 births
• 1964 deaths
• Military personnel from Poznań
• Military personnel from the Province of Posen
• German Army generals of World War II
• Generals of Cavalry (Wehrmacht)
• German Army personnel of World War I
• Prussian Army personnel
• Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
• Recipients of the Gold German Cross
• Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
• Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Liberty, 1st Class
• German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United Kingdom
• Reichswehr personnel
• 20th-century Freikorps personnel